Web and Instructional Technology

Sometimes your discussion posts can get lost in the sea of student posts within a forum. Would you like your post to stand out amongst all the other student posts?  There are two ways to accomplish this:

• Make your post a different color
• Make your post sticky

Please watch the full tutorial by clicking on the link below which will show you how to accomplish these two tasks:

Making Your Discussion Post More Prominent

If you have extensive comments within the drop box, there is a 2500 character limit.  ANGEL counts HTML code as well as text. This causes real problems if you copy and paste text from MS Word because it will contain all kinds of HTML code that will make your comments exceed the 2500 character limit.

There are number of things you can do to avoid this limit:

• Create your comments in MS Word or Notepad and attach the document to the comments. Watch the video on how to accomplish this task.
• Use Notepad or another plain text editor to create comments. Copying and Pasting from a plain text editor will not create extra HTML code.
• If you use standard comments, you may want to use a tool within the HTML called a “Macro” to easily input these comments. (How to Create a Macro).

The maintenance on ANGEL last week fixed many issues. However, it appears that some new issues have arisen:

1. Problems with Multiple Drop Box Submission and Ungraded Item Task Icon – Watch Video Showing the Issue
2. Deleting Drop Box Submissions Causes Error Message – The submission is deleted but you will get an error message
3. Advanced Search View in Discussion Forum – Watch Video Showing the Issue

I have also created a new ANGEL Watch List with the latest issues and any workarounds or solutions. Please click on the link below to view the Watch List:

New ANGEL Watch List